Enhancing the ecological validity of the Beads Task as a behavioral measure of intolerance of uncertainty

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-49

  Jacoby, Ryan J ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Reuman, Lillian ^a   Blakey, Shannon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Behavioral assessment; Decision making; Physiological stress; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; BEADS TASK; COGNITIVE BIAS; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ANXIETY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958213241     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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